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to Treswell Wood, skirted this, on to South Lever- 

 ton, and pulled him down in the open just before 

 he got to Cadow Gorse. A very satisfactory hour 

 and twenty-five minutes. Found in Cadow and 

 ran to Gringley Wood and Grove, but scent got 

 hopeless. Bitches, 18J couples. 



March 9th, 1903. — Met at Hodsock Red Bridge. 

 Drew Forest Plantation, Allison's Gorse, Chequer 

 Bottoms blank. Found in Scofton Wood, ran one 

 round to ground and lost another at Hodsock. 

 Found in Blythlaw Hill, ran very hard to AlHson's 

 Gorse, headed, and back, then away by Ranby, 

 Barnby High Covert, down to the railway, over 

 and to his right, and pulled him down in the open 

 by Hospital Farm. A capital fifty minutes. Dogs, 

 16 couples. All the spring was very stormy and 

 changeable, so against good scent. 



April 2nd, 1903. — On the last day of the season 

 we met at Carburton Old Bar, and the hounds had 

 just killed their second fox by Rough Brake, when 

 we heard the sad news of a fatal accident to Mr. 

 C. W. Alderson, of Killamarsh. He was galloping 

 across the big field opposite Wood Barn when his 

 horse fell, owing to a rabbit hole, and his neck was 

 broken. He was aged fifty-three, and had hunted 

 with these hounds all his life. Of course, we went 

 home at once. 



